This week I updated windows, about 10 ore more updates, and now find my start-up takes for ever,:( So I am now defragmenting my hard disk to see if this might help. The system did say it needed it.;)
Has anyone else got the same problem and does anyone know of any fixes for this please. It's driving me absolutely crackers.:mad:
Thanls.xx
Moonfairy - this may help - http://fixitcenter.support.microsoft.com/Portal/
Its a new but stable beta of their fix it solution. I have read somewhere that there is a problem with installing updates because of a virus on some systems but cant for the minute think where I read it -however it doesn't sound as though that is your problem? Post if it is and will try to find the link for you.
Has anyone else got the same problem and does anyone know of any fixes for this please. It's driving me absolutely crackers.:mad:
I have the same problem on one of my old XP systems and it's caused by lack of RAM. But it's not possible to give you a detailed answer without knowing your configuration.
Myarka.
A tip from my geek husband: make sure you don't have lots of stuff on your Desktop, as every time the computer loads up it has to load all this stuff from scratch. Use shortcuts and store files in directories.
Moonfairy - this may help - http://fixitcenter.support.microsoft.com/Portal/
Its a new but stable beta of their fix it solution. I have read somewhere that there is a problem with installing updates because of a virus on some systems but cant for the minute think where I read it -however it doesn't sound as though that is your problem? Post if it is and will try to find the link for you.
Thanks Celia but it doesn't do a start-up fix.
I have the same problem on one of my old XP systems and it's caused by lack of RAM. But it's not possible to give you a detailed answer without knowing your configuration.
Myarka.
It's only happened since the recent windows huge update. Apparently it was to fix serious security issues. But it is a real PITA as my lappy now takes ages to boot up. 😡 However I have just done a disk defrag and clean-up and it is a bit better, but certainly not as quick as it was before installing the updates.:(
A tip from my geek husband: make sure you don't have lots of stuff on your Desktop, as every time the computer loads up it has to load all this stuff from scratch. Use shortcuts and store files in directories.
Thanks for this tip Chris, but I am wondering why things changed directly after the updates went in.:confused:
Thanks for this tip Chris, but I am wondering why things changed directly after the updates went in.:confused:
I get glitches after pretty well every update. They just seem to happen :rolleyes: I've got used to them now and put things back where they were ... like fiddling about restoring my screensaver, which goes off every time ... and this latest one messed up my 'in house' search. It told me I had to install an Index if I wanted it to work and gave me a box to click in ... so I did ... first I'd ever seen of that one! 😀
So I am now defragmenting my hard disk to see if this might help. The system did say it needed it.;)
Mine is set to do this automatically, once a week. Sometimes I do it manually, 'cos I don't trust it, LOL
Holistic
Hi MF - this what I was referring to - unsure if it applies to you if all the updates worked but maybe worth checking out? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8624560.stm
Hi MoonFairy
Sometimes you have to back up your files and then reinstall the computer from scratch, that always speeds them up for quite a while afterwards, I usually do mine about once a year just to keep it up to speed and get rid of anything that the anti virus has missed 😉
This may be something you do already but worth a try-Go to start menu-type in %temp% and then enter.
You should then find a list of entries which you do not need and can delete.Once you have deleted all these files then go to Recycle bin and remove them from there.
As I say, you may already know this but good luck.::
Thanks for all the advice folks. Things have speeded up a bit since I started tinkering with things. Lol. It's still slow, but not quite as bad.:D As I didn't really want them, I deleted some avi files which were rather large :eek:, did the defrag, and also removed various startup processes. But I like Paul's suggestion of a 'spring-clean', so might do this too soon.:)
Blooming computers, eh? :D:D
MF - on windows computers I use glary utilities and just do their one click clean up - that really makes a difference to most slow computers. Just google the name or get it from cnet.com
MF - on windows computers I use glary utilities and just do their one click clean up - that really makes a difference to most slow computers. Just google the name or get it from cnet.com
Thanks for this Celia.:hug: I'll have a look at this - sounds interesting. I suppose it's better than hitting it with my hammer.:D
Have now decided to go for the re-build option as nothing I've tried seemed to work. So am currently using my spare laptop with mobile broadband, so fun and games at the moment, especially as the keys are sticking too. I've just turned it upside down and gave it a good thump. Getting frustrated with things now. Grrrh!!!!!
Hi All, i do what Paul does once a year, i reformat my hardrive, goes like new for a good while. There was a warning a little while back about a windows update, microsoft had to stop sending it out, after they found a problem with it, computers were slowing down, dont know whether it was solved or not.
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